Rajula-Malushahi is an old medieval period love story and folklore of Uttarakhand.
It describes love between Rajula, a young girl of Shauka family and Malushahi, a prince belonging to Katyuri dynasty of Kumaon.
[1] Based on local folk tales, songs of Kumaon, King Dola Shah of Bairath (present day Chaukhutia).
He was advised that if he worshiped Lord Shiva at Bagnath (present-day Bageshwar), he would get children.
[2] Astrologers tell King Dola Shah to sum up the son's short death, and recommend him to marry a young girl.
as her family continuously forces her, She escapes at night taking the symbolic wedding ring, travelling through Munsiari and crossing the river, drain, mountain and reaches Bairath via Bageshwar.
it has been performed in Kumaon for about thousand years and passed down orally from generation to generation in family of traditional bards, Mohan Upreti brought the epic ballad on the regional and national theaters, in 1980 Sangeet Natak Akademi of India published book on the epic ballad of Rajula-Malushahi.